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2005-05-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

ABC News: Syrian Envoy Says Many Arrested Near Iraq

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 08:55|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 token arrests mean nothing, putz! Shut down your border, and arrest the Baathists that fled Iraq and are leading the insurgents, or face periodic invasion via "hot pursuit"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-26 10:10|| 2005-05-26 10:10|| Front Page Top

#2 A Syrian envoy said this? And a Syrian UN ambassador to boot? All the more reason to put a rather small value on this - like as in $.02.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-26 10:49|| 2005-05-26 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Is there not a more positive spin to this? At least they acknowledge people are trying to cross from Syria to Iraq. The first step is to admit there is a problem, yes?

Posted by Bobby 2005-05-26 12:24|| 2005-05-26 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, we have a lot of experience with this. We do it on the Mexican border. Catch them, send them back, catch them again later.
Unless they jail these people or give them to the Iraq's, this is a joke.

Posted by plainslow 2005-05-26 12:32|| 2005-05-26 12:32|| Front Page Top

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